Planning application
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Construction of play area.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/05314
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/05314
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 3 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 4 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- St Peter's
- Parish
- Stowmarket
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- IP14 1DL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 6 applications since 2025: 6 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/01104 Granted
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Discharge of Condition Application for DC/25/05314 - Biodiversity Net Gain Condition
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DC/26/00763 Granted
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05314 - Conditions 5 (Materials) and 6 (Landscape Management Plan)
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DC/26/00156 Granted
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05541 - Condition 4 (Floor Recording) and 5 (Glazed Viewing Panles)
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DC/26/00089 Granted
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/00042 - Conditions - 4 (Bat Licence), 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) and 8 (External Facing Materials)
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DC/25/03774 Granted
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/05541 - Conditions 3 (Glazed Doors), 6 (New Floor Finish Materials) and 7 (Weatherboarding)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Dec 2025
Received by Babergh
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4 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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DC/26/01104 Granted
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Discharge of Condition Application for DC/25/05314 - Biodiversity Net Gain Condition
-
DC/26/00763 Granted
The Food Museum Crowe Street Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1DL
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05314 - Conditions 5 (Materials) and 6 (Landscape Management Plan)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
- FULL PLANNING - GRANT
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- REVISED ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- STOWMARKET TOWN COUNCIL COMMENTS
- DESIGN DETAIL IMAGE
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATIONPLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN PA1
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN PA2
- FOOD MUSEUM PLAY AREA PLANNING DRAWINGS
- ECOLOGY REPORT
- FLOOD-MAP-PLANNING-2025-10-31T11_05_38.175Z
- THE_SMALL_SITES_METRIC_1.2.3 FOOD MUSEUM PLAY AREA
- FIGURE 3 POST DEVELOPMENT HABITATS PLAN
- PLANNING AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- CONSULTING RESPONSE TO LPA ECOLOGIST COMMENTS
- HERITAGE RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- THE GARDENS TRUST RESPONSE
- HISTORIC ENGLAND RESPONSE
- APPLICATION FORM
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN PA1
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN PA2
- FOOD MUSEUM PLAY AREA PLANNING DRAWINGS
- SUPERSEDED ECOLOGY REPORT
- SUPERSEDED FLOOD-MAP-PLANNING
- SUPERSEDED SMALL_SITES_BNG_METRIC
- SUPERSEDED FIGURE 3 POST DEVELOPMENT HABITATS PLAN
- SUPERSEDED PLANNING AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
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Babergh granted permission on 12 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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